(09-20-2023, 09:04 AM)Cleatwood Wrote:

(09-20-2023, 07:50 AM)Caldrac Wrote: He's a 2nd half, garbage time QB so far through two weeks. More than half of his passing yards have come in the 4th quarter. Really, 2/3. 

1st quarter: 9/15 for 61 yards and 1 TD
2nd quarter: 12/20 for 137 yards
3rd quarter: 15/19 for 151 yards
4th quarter: 37/56 for 425 yards and 1 TD

They don't run a ton of play action. Only see him 6/10 on those plays. He's been sacked on four of those attempts. He spends a lot of time operating out of the gun, not a ton of work under center. Again, he's a rookie, nothing surprising about that. If we lose this game at home, we suck, and they deserve it.

66% completion for 349 yards and 1 TD for the first 3 quarters in his first 2 starts isn't that bad. He hasn't thrown an interception and he has played behind a horrible Oline.

I'm not saying he is lighting the world on fire by any means but we have certainly seen rookie QBs play a lot worse.

Bryce Young for example has only thrown for 299 yards, 2 TDs and 2 interceptions on 59% completion %.

He's overdue for a mistake. This is the week to make it happen. I don't expect Allen to have a 3 sack game like he did in week 1 but I could see Walker getting 3 sacks in this game. I would really like to see him play inside more often than not this Sunday. They have a rookie Center who is struggling. 

Perfect way to effect Stroud is push the middle of the pocket back in his face and allow everyone else to flow to him off the edge. Should expect to see Lloyd blitzing off the edge here. Shooting the gaps with Oluokon, etc. He's been the best rookie passer through two weeks so far.

You just have to get after him and stay after him. He has a tendency to hold onto the ball too long. He's been sacked 11 times this year and 10 of those sacks have been with him having the football for greater than 2.5 seconds in the pocket, again, primarily operating from the gun.

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